Jelena Ostapenko mullers Ons Jabeur 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Doha on Thursday after playing a remarkable match to play Iga Swiatek in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2016. Here you can see her history at this event.
Ostapenko added to her prize money $ 97,930 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 181,400 up to now in this event. If she wins the next match, Ostapenko will add $ 170,401 to her earnings to get in total $ 351,801.
Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs. Ons Jabeur Qatar TotalEnergies Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ostapenko scored 64 points vs. the Tunisian’s 44.
Ostapenko
Ostapenko won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Jabeur
On the other side, Ons had a tough time converting her break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Ostapenko and Jabeur is 3-4 for Ons.
Draw and next match H2H: Jelena Ostapenko vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Ostapenko will compete against Swiatek in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Jelena Ostapenko and Iga Swiatek face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Ostapenko won 3-6 6-3 6-1 in the 4th round in New York back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Ostapenko had a strong start of this set after breaking Ons Jabeur in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for the Latvian to win the set as the Tunisian managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Ostapenko maintained her cool to break Ons in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th
(6-2) game.Ostapenko failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.
Jabeur was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Ostapenko converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (2-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). In addition on the other side, the Tunisian converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (1-6 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 66 points. Ostapenko was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than the Tunisian (40-26). The Latvian dropped 16 points on serve (22-16). On the other side, Ons conceded 18 points on serve (10-18).
Jelena in this set was more solid than the Tunisian and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Jabeur in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Jelena converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Jelena didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 42 points. Jelena was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Jabeur (24-18). Jelena lost 7 points on serve (13-7). On the other side, Ons conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jessica PegulaPegula (4-6 6-1 6-1)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-2 7-5)
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-2 6-2)
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Marta KostyukKostyuk (4-6 7-5 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (4-0) – H2H details and stats